the first one coming from billy bob in southwest florida. he's talking about a foreclosed home in his neighborhood. great question. certainly a great question. and the problem that he writes about is not one limited to south florida. certainly there are foreclosed homes across the country. and that's happened a real impact on the real-estate market. i spoke with a real-estate broker right here in chicago who at the time of the clothes ending of the first-time home buyers tax credit, was saying. he was putting in bids in one these foreclosed properties. it would take six to nine months to hear anything back from the banks. whether that's because they don't wanna ride down the value of those homes. i mean, that's a good question to ask. that's probably a likely scenario. these banks are still very reluctant to not only write down the value of bad loans on their books. they still don't want to do loan modifications and do principal forgiveness for borrowers who needed. great question by billy bob. now, moving on to bill runners' e- mail. taking

of course his other left-hander is billy wagner, who is going to hang it up when this year is over, huh? >> bob the end of last season when he finished up with the red sox what he was gob in a too, and convictedly signed with the braves. >> rob: he's 13 saves away from 400. >> bob: he's gone through a lot in the last few years, and, you know, the whole tommy john and coming back, they took it out of his hamstring, and bothered his leg for a long time. >> bob: runner going, and a good jump! ground ball right at prado, and maxwell is into scoring position now with two outs. nyjer morgan 1 for 4 tonight. cristian guzman 1 for 3 as he tries to step up and give the nats a 3-run lead here in the 7th. >> rob: well, and he's been hitting from the losed a lot better than the right side, although he did get a hit tonight. loves the number two hole. >> bob: reduced he has been a tearer, .351. this line-up really sets up well. no contest which side of the plate guzman is most effective from at the moment. there's a base hit! left field! here comes maxwell! and the nationals lead 5-2! it's a two-hit night f

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